Beast of the week: Jenna DeSilva helps Panas to hot start

With the first week of the season in the books it’s time to start one of my favorite traditions.

Every week I’ll award the extremely prestigious Beast of the week to one lucky girls soccer player.

For those of you unfamiliar with the honor, think of it like a player of the week award, except 1,000 times better. I try to pick someone that doesn’t just have a strong statistical week, but also helped her team get some wins. It doesn’t matter if you score six goals if your team ends up losing 7-6.

So without further ado, the first recipient of this season’s Beast of the week award.

Jenna DeSilva—Panas

There were plenty of things to take away from the first week in the season. However, I think one thing that stood out for most people was Panas’ hot start. One the key components to the Panthers jumping out to a 2-0 record was DeSilva.

The senior started things off in a big way against Lakeland. DeSilva scored three goals in the Panthers’ 7-1 win over fellow Lakeland Central School District member.

So here we are, two games into the season, and DeSilva is sporting a 3.5 goals-per-game average.

Sure, it’s a bit far fetched to believe DeSilva will be able to maintain that type of production for the remainder of the season. Still, it’s clear the DeSilva and Panas are a force to be reckoned with.

DAN DEFRANCESCO joined The Journal News and LoHud.com in May of 2012. He graduated from Arlington High School in 2007 and SUNY Plattsburgh in 2011 with a degree in journalism. He's covered boys basketball, girls lacrosse and soccer for the paper, in addition to college athletics.